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1. Definition: 1. untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"

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1. Definition: 1. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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1. Definition: 1. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

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1. Definition: 1. smelling of fermentation or staleness

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1. Definition: 1. roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

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1. Definition: 1. having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"

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1. Definition: 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

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1. Definition: 1. a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

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1. Definition: 1. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

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1. Definition: 1. deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"

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1. Definition: 1. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

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1. Definition: 1. confined to specific persons;

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1. Definition: 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

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1. Definition: 1. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

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1. Definition: 1. having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

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1. Definition: 1. very drunk

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1. Definition: 1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

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1. Definition: 1. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"

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1. Definition: 1. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

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1. Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

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1. Definition: 1. a cruel and brutal fellow

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1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

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1. Definition: 1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

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1. Definition: 1. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

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1. Definition: 1. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

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1. Definition: 1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

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1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

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1. Definition: 1. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"

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1. Definition: 1. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

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1. Definition: 1. incapable of or resistant to bending;

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1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

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1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

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1. Definition: 1. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

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1. Definition: 1. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

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1. Definition: 1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

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1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

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1. Definition: 1. the upward slope of a hill

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1. Definition: 1. consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

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1. Definition: 1. Curt, touchy, irritable.

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1. Definition: 1. strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

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1. Definition: 1. an unsophisticated country person

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1. Definition: 1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

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1. Definition: 1. quick and energetic;

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1. Definition: 1. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

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1. Definition: 1. turn the paddle; in canoeing

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1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in humane and kindly feelings

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1. Definition: 1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

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1. Definition: 1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

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1. Definition: 1. having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

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1. Definition: 1. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

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1. Definition: 1. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

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1. Definition: 1. characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses"

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1. Definition: 1. forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"

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1. Definition: 1. any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

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1. Definition: 1. most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

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1. Definition: 1. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"

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1. Definition: 1. (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

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1. Definition: 1. Indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially a temperature

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1. Definition: 1. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

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1. Definition: 1. strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

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1. Definition: 1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

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1. Definition: 1. record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record"

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1. Definition: 1. Uadorned

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1. Definition: 1. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

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1. Definition: 1. provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"

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1. Definition: 1. excessively fat; "a weighty man"

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1. Definition: 1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

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1. Definition: 1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

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1. Definition: 1. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

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1. Definition: 1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "

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1. Definition: 1. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

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1. Definition: 1. sharp

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1. Definition: 1. especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves"

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1. Definition: 1. being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"

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1. Definition: 1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

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1. Definition: 1. not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

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1. Definition: 1. harsh or corrosive in tone;

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1. Definition: 1. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

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1. Definition: 1. without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

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1. Definition: 1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

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1. Definition: 1. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"

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1. Definition: 1. of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws; "Draconian measures"

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1. Definition: 1. used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge"

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1. Definition: 1. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

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1. Definition: 1. defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government"

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1. Definition: 1. not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

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1. Definition: 1. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

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1. Definition: 1. devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"

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1. Definition: 1. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

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1. Definition: 1. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"

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1. Definition: 1. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

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1. Definition: 1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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1. Definition: 1. conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"

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1. Definition: 1. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

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1. Definition: 1. harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings"

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1. Definition: 1. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

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1. Definition: 1. tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

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1. Definition: 1. pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"

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